The chromosomal genome sequence of the lesser starlet coral, Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766) (Scleractinia: Rhizangiidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
<ns5:p> We present a genome assembly from a specimen of <ns5:italic>Siderastrea radians</ns5:italic> (lesser starlet coral; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Rhizangiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 807.19 megabases. Most of the assembly (94.17%) is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 19.38 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 47 051 protein-coding genes. From the metagenome data, we recovered two binned metagenomes assigned to the bacterial phylum Bacteroidota and class Bacteroidia. </ns5:p>
Authors
- Elizabeth Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3133-537X)
- Noah Gettle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-4086)
- Michael John Sweet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4983-8333)
- Graeme Oatley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-9994)
- Richard F. Karp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7561-2018)
- Sebastián Metz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3353-8862)
- Michael Paulini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-2340)
- Richard L. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5433-3202)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Andrew Baker
- Camile Avelino
- Eerik Aunin
- Victoria McKenna
- Haoyu Niu
- Camilla Santos
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
- University of Derby (GB)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27286.1
- Primary Topic
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Wellcome Trust